Author: Trevor

Presentations over the web are commonplace. Yet, there are still issues with internet bandwidth. Not all presenters are in a location where optimal internet speeds are available. Audience members may also be in locations where the internet connection is poor. The caution, therefore, is to reduce the amount of bandwidth you will use for your […]

If you are using Keynote for OS X, you may already know there are Keynote versions for iPhone, iPad, and now, Apple Watch! Apple used to have a special app for iOS that was called Keynote Remote. You would connect your iOS device to the same network as your Macbook. You would then be able to remotely […]

A lot of presenters I work with are not using the latest and greatest version of their presentation tool. Occasionally, this is because they are unaware of updates from the software vendor. Often, it is simply that they are used to the tool and do not feel a need to upgrade. There are many reasons […]

Getty sent a letter to the a website owner informing her that she was using a photograph without the correct license. The website owner was the original photographer of that photograph, and had previously donated tens of thousands of photographs from her collection to the US Library of Congress for use in the public domain. […]

When preparing your slides, finding images is often a long task. Free images are usually not high quality or require accreditation stamped on them or on your slides. Quality images are rarely free, and permission must be received – usually in the form of a paid license. While you are building your slide deck, you may […]

One of the major concerns about PowerPoint is the distraction to the audience when animations and transitions are used. In the latest Update to the OS X version of PowerPoint, we are offered the amazing new feature that will allow us to: “Make your slides more dynamic by adding an animated background image.” Ouch! MORE […]

As professionals and artists, we would be concerned when someone – professional or amateur – uses our material. Certainly, plagiarism is not nice when it happens to us, and as professionals, we work to avoid it and credit every source of information that we use. This applies to ALL professionals. If we use audio, video, […]

When you switch to a new slide, the audience will devour the content immediately. If you have bullet points, anything you say during the time while they consume and understand the content will be missed by some – read, most, of the audience. Trevor’s first video tip explains this.. These slides are sampled from the […]

Your slide show will not necessarily be improved by picking one slide and updating it. Nor will updating two or ten slides. A slide show will be stunning when the level of the entire deck has been raised. A slide show will be stunning when it represents your message elegantly. The dangers of changing one slide are […]

There is a debate when creating slides about using branding on every slide. I’m weighing in with my opinion. When you are presenting for an organization that has already hired you, it is unnecessary to brand stamp every slide. And in fact, depending on the audience, having your brand on anything but your opening slide […]

A short project, with only four slides. With these slides, the quote was the key component, and no rearrangement was required. The original 4 slides: For consistency, an image was found for slide#3. There is no longer a mix of media types for images. Also for consistency, the images and text were located in the […]

Trevor has presented his Stunning Slides session to audiences around the world. It has been well received and the response from attendees has been extremely positive. The agenda is: You can engage Trevor to present this session at your event, for your conference, or for your company. Connect at trevor@stunningslides.com